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This sorry publication (Quincy 1988) includes an absolutely extraordinary five pages about a Hmong kingdom which supposedly existed from 400 to 900 AD, which is presented as absolute fact although there is not a single shred of historical evidence to justify it. Moreover, this wretched paperback describesdespite the fact that there is no mention of "Hmong" in any historical record: since there is not even any traditional
Chinese character for writing the word "Hmong," how could" (
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395:. She stated "Were I citing the source of each detail, Quincy's name would attach itself to nearly every sentence in the pages on the Hmong in China." Fadiman's book cited the Quincy Siberian theory. Entenmann wrote that because of the reliance on Quincy's book, Fadiman's book propagated the mistaken idea that
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snippet), and "repeats the long disproved missionary myth that because of the peculiarity of blonde hair and blue eyes among some Hmong they must have originated from
Siberia, without apparently ever having heard of albinism (or considering the more recent effects of Hmong liaisons with Westerners).
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Savina reprinted the account by Amiot. Entenmann stated that Savina made the error confusing the
Gyalrong for the Hmong because he "was unfamiliar with Chinese history and the subtleties of Chinese vocabulary" even though he had studied Chinese. The word "Miao" in general was also used to refer to
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There are eleven chapters in the book. The history of the Hmong people is discussed in
Chapters 1 through 3. The traditional culture of the Hmong, the 19th Century migration of Hmong into Southeast Asia, and the opium-producing role of the Hmong and that effect on global politics and international
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Downing concluded that "Quincy is to be congratulated for making a comprehensive, ideologically neutral, and readable overview of Hmong history available in English of the first time." Downing stated that Quincy "has created a narrative that makes easy and interesting reading".
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stated that the book "strongly suggested" that in a period between 3000 B.C. and 2500 B.C. the Hmong people had migrated to China from
Siberia, but that there was no "firm evidence" behind the theory. Quincy cited some missionary beliefs stating that blue eyes and blonde hair proved the Siberian
373:" as it was used in China, since there are many different ethnic groups that speak the Miao languages, which Downing compares to the situations of the German people, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings as being a part of a larger group. Downing added that there were "minor errors of fact and typography".
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trade are all chronicled in
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origins. Nicholas Tapp, author of "The State of Hmong
Studies," stated that the missionary beliefs were myths and they had been discredited a long time prior to 2005. Tapp stated that there were other possible reasons for the blonde hair and blue eyes, such as relations with
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English-language study of Hmong history." The sources used in the work include historical events and eyewitness interviews. The author, who was an
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